diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb
index f30333fd02fb0c4c2d4b4f342970784c095baa82..51cfc62f2b01c0e1059c8a58677196ed7ece80bc 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ class Object
   #   characters = ["Konata", "Kagami", "Tsukasa"]
   #   "Konata".in?(characters) # => true
   #
+  # This will throw an ArgumentError if the supplied argument doesnt not respond
+  # to +#include?+.
   def in?(another_object)
-    raise ArgumentError.new("You must supply another object that responds to include?") unless another_object.respond_to?(:include?)
     another_object.include?(self)
+  rescue NoMethodError
+    raise ArgumentError.new("The parameter passed to #in? must respond to #include?")
   end
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/inclusion_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/inclusion_test.rb
index 382271d42df70375c8c64bbdc545d161406f7c1b..1de857d67898ad7991c714b82df532a257f4470e 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/inclusion_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/inclusion_test.rb
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@ def test_in_module
     assert A.in?(C)
     assert !A.in?(A)
   end
+  
+  def test_no_method_catching
+    assert_raise(ArgumentError) { 1.in?(1) }
+  end
 end